Limited Regional Aerosol and Cloud Microphysical Changes Despite Unprecedented Decline in Nitrogen Oxide Pollution During the February 2020 COVID‐19 Shutdown in China

A novel coronavirus outbreak of global health concern

(2020) Chen Wang et al.   LANCET

The Response in Air Quality to the Reduction of Chinese Economic Activities during the COVID‐19 Outbreak

(2020) Xiaoqin Shi et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Impact of coronavirus outbreak on NO 2 pollution assessed using TROPOMI and OMI observations

(2020) M. Bauwens et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Amplified transboundary transport of haze by aerosol–boundary layer interaction in China

(2020) Xin Huang et al.   Nature Geoscience

Effective containment explains subexponential growth in recent confirmed COVID-19 cases in China

(2020) Benjamin F. Maier et al.   SCIENCE

An investigation of transmission control measures during the first 50 days of the COVID-19 epidemic in China

(2020) Huaiyu Tian et al.   SCIENCE

Temporary reduction in daily global CO2 emissions during the COVID-19 forced confinement

(2020) Corinne Le Quéré et al.   Nature Climate Change

Does Air Pollution Influence COVID-19 Outbreaks?

(2020) Daniele Contini et al.   Atmosphere

High resolution temporal profiles in the Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research

(2020) Monica Crippa et al.   Scientific Data

Puzzling Haze Events in China During the Coronavirus (COVID‐19) Shutdown

(2020) Yunhua Chang et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Severe air pollution events not avoided by reduced anthropogenic activities during COVID-19 outbreak

(2020) Pengfei Wang et al.   RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING

Unexpected air pollution with marked emission reductions during the COVID-19 outbreak in China

(2020) Tianhao Le et al.   SCIENCE

Enhanced secondary pollution offset reduction of primary emissions during COVID-19 lockdown in China

(2020) Xin Huang et al.   National Science Review

Abrupt decline in tropospheric nitrogen dioxide over China after the outbreak of COVID-19

(2020) Fei Liu et al.   Science Advances

Validation, stability, and consistency of MODIS Collection 6.1 and VIIRS Version 1 Deep Blue aerosol data over land

(2019) Andrew M. Sayer et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES

Weak average liquid-cloud-water response to anthropogenic aerosols

(2019) Velle Toll et al.   NATURE

Drivers of improved PM2.5 air quality in China from 2013 to 2017

(2019) Qiang Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bounding global aerosol radiative forcing of climate change

(2019) N. Bellouin et al.   REVIEWS OF GEOPHYSICS

Long-term Concentrations of Nitrogen Dioxide and Mortality

(2018) Richard. W. Atkinson et al.   EPIDEMIOLOGY

Global estimates of mortality associated with long-term exposure to outdoor fine particulate matter

(2018) Richard Burnett et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Substantial changes in air pollution across China during 2015–2017

(2018) B Silver et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Air quality improvements and health benefits from China’s clean air action since 2013

(2017) Yixuan Zheng et al.   Environmental Research Letters

The MODIS Cloud Optical and Microphysical Products: Collection 6 Updates and Examples From Terra and Aqua

(2017) Steven Platnick et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING

The Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2)

(2017) Ronald Gelaro et al.   JOURNAL OF CLIMATE

Strong constraints on aerosol–cloud interactions from volcanic eruptions

(2017) Florent F. Malavelle et al.   NATURE

Recent reduction in NO x emissions over China: synthesis of satellite observations and emission inventories

(2016) Fei Liu et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Air Pollution Control Policies in China: A Retrospective and Prospects

(2016) Yana Jin et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Constraining the aerosol influence on cloud fraction

(2016) E. Gryspeerdt et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES

Satellite NO2 retrievals suggest China has exceeded its NOx reduction goals from the twelfth Five-Year Plan

(2016) Benjamin de Foy et al.   Scientific Reports

High secondary aerosol contribution to particulate pollution during haze events in China

(2014) Ru-Jin Huang et al.   NATURE

Enhanced Deep Blue aerosol retrieval algorithm: The second generation

(2013) N. C. Hsu et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES

Space-based measurements of air quality during the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai

(2011) N Hao et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Pollution from China increases cloud droplet number, suppresses rain over the East China Sea

(2011) Ralf Bennartz et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Air pollution “holiday effect” resulting from the Chinese New Year

(2009) Pei-Hua Tan et al.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

Satellite observations of changes in air quality during the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Paralympics

(2009) J. C. Witte et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Beijing Olympics as an aerosol field experiment

(2009) J. Cermak et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Untangling aerosol effects on clouds and precipitation in a buffered system

(2009) Bjorn Stevens et al.   NATURE